Raymond Antrobus is a writer, poet, and broadcaster. He is the author of poetry collections, To Sweeten Bitter; The Perseverance and All The Names Given, as well as children’s picture book Can Bears Ski?, illustrated by Polly Dunbar. In 2022 three of his poems were added to the UK’s (GCSE) National Curriculum. At Timber 2023, he sat down with Geoff Bird to discuss his six nature-related tracks as part of Wilderness Tracks, recorded live at the festival.
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Raymond Antrobus is a writer, poet, and broadcaster. He is the author of poetry collections, To Sweeten Bitter; The Perseverance and All The Names Given, as well as children’s picture book Can Bears Ski?, illustrated by Polly Dunbar. In 2022 three of his poems were added to the UK’s (GCSE) National Curriculum. At Timber 2023, he sat down with Geoff Bird to discuss his six nature-related tracks as part of Wilderness Tracks, recorded live at the festival.
After a brilliant 2021 Timber Festival, we're back with another episode from this year's celebration in the National Forest. Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage, joins his old friend Geoff to talk about his shifting relationship with nature, gushing over his encounter with Iceland and Björk's serene 'The Anchor Song', performing poetry up and down the Pennine Way and amongst other things, the magnificent invention of the CD Walkman and the portability of music. — In the Wilderness Track...
Wilderness Tracks // Timber Festival
Raymond Antrobus is a writer, poet, and broadcaster. He is the author of poetry collections, To Sweeten Bitter; The Perseverance and All The Names Given, as well as children’s picture book Can Bears Ski?, illustrated by Polly Dunbar. In 2022 three of his poems were added to the UK’s (GCSE) National Curriculum. At Timber 2023, he sat down with Geoff Bird to discuss his six nature-related tracks as part of Wilderness Tracks, recorded live at the festival.
